Friday, February 05, 2010

For my weekly column at Towleroad I ended up in some sort of retro mental loop, obsessing about how the careers of the nominees kicked off. I restricted myself to Best Supporting Actor or I would've been typing for hours.

I also admit a wee perverse desire to see Dear John but so far I've stayed strong.

If you've seen any of the supporting actor nominee's debut movies, please speak up. I don't remember Matt Damon being in Mystic Pizza at all. Do you?*

It's like Ivonne said, "Steamer" in this case isn't some sort of job description, it's his character's name. I (re-)watched "Mystic Pizza" a couple of years ago or so and recognized him. He really hasn't changed much. :)

Found the scene on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svoTEFgHwwA#t=3m15s

Dear John was dreadful-- except for a somewhat touching side-plot involving the relationship between Channing Tatum and his autistic father. But all the mushy love story stuff? As bad as it gets, really.